This is series of essays I wrote to describe what helped me in early recovery. There is so much focus on getting sober, but not a lot of practical information out there on how to cope with real life in early recovery. We all face many social and life skill challenges that are not addressed in 12-step meetings. So I wrote about money and sex, about learning to speak up in relationships, about getting past one-day-at-a-time thinking, about success and failure. I hope you have fun with it.